Emerging from a long and exhausting conflict against the Boers in South Africa, Edwardians are often perceived as rocked by a profound set of doubts about the future of the British Empire. Drawing upon a wide range of popular sources, this study considers the level of middle-class engagement with such strains of pessimistic thought.
Emerging from a long and exhausting conflict against the Boers in South Africa, Edwardians are often perceived as rocked by a profound set of doubts a...
Marcus Declan has become the most pivotal person in the US's global war on terrorism. He has accomplished what every government on the planet has failed to do since 9/11... INFILTRATE AL QEADA
His story begins in the aftermath of 9/11. A once successful stockbroker whose life is slowly disintegrating, Declan turns to crime to recoup what he has lost following the attacks. What did he lose? MONEY. And lots of it. Now he was about to lose something more... HIS FREEDOM.
Convicted and imprisoned, he encounters the Buffalo Six, the first Al Qeada terrorist cell arrested in the United...
Marcus Declan has become the most pivotal person in the US's global war on terrorism. He has accomplished what every government on the planet has f...
For Africans, rank and file colonial officials - the 'men on the spot' - were the most visible manifestation of Britain's imperial presence on their continent. For Britons, over time officials came to be celebrated as exemplars of a noble commitment to altruistic overseas duty. But in spite of their importance in administering such vast imperial territories, the attitudes of officials who served between the end of the 'Scramble for Africa' and the Second World War, as well as what shaped such attitudes, have yet to be examined in any systematic manner. A great deal of research has been...
For Africans, rank and file colonial officials - the 'men on the spot' - were the most visible manifestation of Britain's imperial presence on their c...
For Africans, rank and file colonial officials - the 'men on the spot' - were the most visible manifestation of Britain's imperial presence on their continent. For Britons, over time officials came to be celebrated as exemplars of a noble commitment to altruistic overseas duty. But in spite of their importance in administering such vast imperial territories, the attitudes of officials who served between the end of the 'Scramble for Africa' and the Second World War, as well as what shaped such attitudes, have yet to be examined in any systematic manner. A great deal of research has been...
For Africans, rank and file colonial officials - the 'men on the spot' - were the most visible manifestation of Britain's imperial presence on their c...